[sandworm]

They know about Tor. Five years ago it was magic to most cops and all prosecutors. Today they have been educated, to some extent by people like me. They acknowledge that the exit node is a proxy. In years past they would have tried sending cops to the door to seize the server, or at least make some allegations.

That's why I do not think that they expect any results here. They expect nothing. They need nothing. They need a non-response to take things to the next step. That step is probably political. They want the bullet point about why criminals are getting away due to VPNs, Tor and other online nasties.

[diafygi]

Exactly. The actual subpoena is really short and reads like it was thrown together so that someone could tell their boss they tried.

[wiml]

They may expect nothing, but that shouldn't keep them from asking. Lots of crimes that are solved are solved because of a random mistake or oversight. Maybe somebody used a 1-hop route, or something, who knows. They're just doing legwork.